A cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). The cheetah has a top speed of up to 114 kilometres per hour but this can only be maintained for short distances of a few hundred metres. Their main food is mostly gazelles, impalas and other small buck and they can hunt the young of wildebeests and zebra. A cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). The cheetah has a top speed of up to 114 kilometres per hour but this can only be maintained for short distances of a few hundred metres. Their main food is mostly gazelles, impalas and other small buck and they can hunt the young of wildebeests and zebra.

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Welcome to the Natural History Museum at Tring

Discover the fascinating range of animals collected by Lionel Walter Rothschild in our beautiful Victorian Museum. It is home to the world-class research and collections of the Natural History Museum's Bird Group

Entry to the Museum is free!

(A small charge is made for some events)

Opening times
Monday to Saturday10.00-17.00
Sunday14.00-17.00

The Museum is open every day except 24-26 December.

  • Children visiting gallery
    Visiting

    All you need to organise a visit, including a floor plan, maps and transport advice.

  • Wild. Wierd. Wonderful.
    What's on

    Find out about the changing programme of exhibitions and events.

  • Polar bear
    Galleries

    Make sure you don’t miss any of the Museum's highlights with our gallery guide.

  • Zebra-drawn carriage driven by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild
    History

    Find out more about the unusual life of Walter Rothschild and the history of the collections.

  • Carausius morosus, Indian stick insect
    Education

    Museum workshops, activity sheets, self-guided tours and planning a school visit.

  • Zebra finches
    Research and curation

    Learn more about the work of the Natural History Museum's Bird Group, which is based at Tring.

  • View of the Natural History Museum at Tring from Park Street.
    About us

    Find out more about how the Museum is governed, the range of work it carries out and the contact details.

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Gallery closure

Gallery 6 is closed for refurbishment and will reopen on 17 January 2009. The Rothschild Room and much of Gallery 5 is also closed as part of this work for storage of specimens. Find out what is happening to the collection of domestic dogs.

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Contact us

Use the details below to get in touch with the Natural History Museum at Tring.

Natural History Museum at Tring

The Walter Rothschild building
Akeman Street
Tring
Hertfordshire
HP23 6AP
Tel +44 (0)20 7942 6171
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